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Some New Work

3/4/2022

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The past few weeks have been productive for me.  I am working on recording online courses, and finished up a few gourds, as well as some "non-gourd" artworks that I will share in another post.

The first was more of an opportunity for me to try out new carving burs that I received at Christmas, as well as trying out a weaving technique that has long intrigued me but I never gave it a go.  At left see a photo of my testing my new cup carving burs on an old gourd piece. 

And here is the finished gourd basket.  I wanted to use an underwater theme and oh here are the selkies/seals again!  These turn up a lot in my work, I just love them.  As you can see above, these burs really burn the gourd a bit, so I had no choice but to paint over it.  For the basket part, I used Marianne Barnes' undulating basket weave technique.  You can find directions on how to do that outlined in her book, Weaving on Gourds.
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The next gourd is made from a good sized basketball gourd.  I fashioned a little gourd ring stand which is attached and the seam covered with a thin strip of black leather.  The magnolias are burned and colored with pencils.  
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The one below is a William Morris design with a chickadee.  I used pyrography and again with colored pencils to add subtle colors.  The border is done with metallic copper acrylic paint.
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This last one is a little bucolic scene of an English countryside with grazing sheep.  This is a small, lidded bowl and the inside is finished with black flocking.  The lid is burned with the shading pen and yes we have the colored pencils again for a little color enhancement.  
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That's all for now!  My next post will be a mish-mosh of some different things so if that interests you be sure to visit again!
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Vince Trombetta
3/25/2022 07:10:47 pm

I would like to purchase one of your Gourd works of Art. Please send me some pictures of what you have available. I have been a member of the American Gourd Society since 1956 (Wow) I carve my gourds in the fashion of Dr. Leslie Miller, who I met many years ago and he showed me his technique.......Later, Vince Trombetta (818) 309-7901

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Jennifer Avery
3/26/2022 11:21:33 am

Hi Vince, that is awesome you have been an AGS member for so long! I would love to see your gourd art if you are willing to send me some photos.
You can see the gourds I have available for sale by visiting this webpage: https://www.jragourdart.com/buy-direct.html or you can also see the few that are here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/jragourdart/

you can email me directly if you want to talk more- I would love to hear more of your lifelong interest in gourds!
Take care, Jenn

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    Art has always been a part of my life, and I have worked in many different mediums. 

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